YEREVAN. - No one in the Diaspora Ministry has usurped business trips, Armenian Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan told Armenian News – NEWS.am on Monday.

In 2014, the Ministry carried out 46 business trips, and the minister participated in only 16 of them.

Deputy Ministers also had few business trips, since they had changed during the last year, and hence must work for certain time to gain experience and present Armenia abroad, Hakobyan said.

“And in some business trips the participation of the minister is mandatory in terms of representation,” she said.